Course Content: 

• Tourism Information & Administration
• Tourism Principles & Practice
• Marketing Practice
• Reception & Front Office Skills
• Communications
• Work Experience
• Word Processing
• Hotelier Hub (Hotel Reservations), IAOT Cert

Award: 

QQI Level 5 Certificate in Tourism with Business This course also provides Industry Standard Qualification (IAOT)

Aim:

This course offers a broad business focus on the Tourism industry in Ireland and abroad with a view to progressing to Further Education or employment. Students will gain experience in a Tourism related business by completing a work placement during the course.

Progression & Career Options: 

Graduates from this course will have acquired a nationally recognised qualification which will enable them to progress to various positions within the Tourism and Hospitality sectors.  Graduates may also apply to a range of Degree courses in Institutes of Technology such as:

 

TU Dublin City Campus	Dundalk IT	GMIT
Waterford IT	IT Tralee	Athlone IT

This course also provides common entry to a range of other courses in Institutes of Technology.

Course Content: 

• Airline Studies
• Ready for Takeoff (IAOT Diploma)
• Tourism Principles & Practice
• Tourism Information & Administration
• Global Distribution Systems
• Communications
• Work Experience
• Word Processing
• Amadeus Airline Reservations (IAOT Certificate)
• Hotelier Hub (Hotel Reservations), IAOT Cert

Award: 

QQI Certificate in Tourism with Business. This course also provides Industry Standard Qualification (IAOT).

Aim:

This course aims to give students a detailed understanding of the Tourism Industry in Ireland. It provides learners with the necessary skills to work as cabin crew and passenger service agents, including the use of industry specific IT applications e.g Amadeus. Students will gain experience in a Tourism related business by completing a work placement during the course.

Progression & Career Options: 

Former students of this course are now working with leading airline companies as ground staff, cabin crew and in other Travel and Tourism related areas. Students may progress within DIFE to a QQI Level 6 or to third level colleges:

 

TU Dublin City Campus	Dundalk IT	GMIT
Waterford IT	IT Tralee	Athlone IT

This course also provides common entry to a range of other courses in Institutes of Technology.

Course Content: 

• Tourism Policy and Practice
• Event Management
• Business Management
• Spreadsheets
• Word Processing
• Work Experience
• Customer Service
• Sales & Marketing Management

Award: 

QQI Level 6 Certificate in Business.

Aim:

The course will create a learning environment for students to develop sharp insights into business and tourism sectors.

This programme provides graduates with a QQI Level 6 qualification in Business.

Progression & Career Options: 

On completion of the course students may advance directly into employment in the Tourism and Business sectors. It is a great start for those wishing to pursue a career in the vibrant, worldwide, travel and tourism industry.

Some of the areas of opportunity include airlines, tourism operations and tourist information centres, travel and transport agents, tourism research and policy, visitor attraction management, government tourism agencies and consultancy.

Students have the option of continuing to further studies at Third Level in:

 

Maynooth University	TU Dublin	DCU
TCD	NUIG

They also have the option of advanced entry to Year 2 of Business Administration in DKIT.